Michael Paul Mason
Encyclopedia
Michael Paul Mason sometimes credited as Michael Mason, is an American
writer, author, editor, and journalist.
case manager and tells the stories of twelve individuals who survived brain injury.
While a contributing editor for Discover
magazine, Mason wrote the article, "Dead Men Walking", which triggered a national debate about the treatment of brain-injured veterans of the Iraq War. As an independent radio producer, Mason has created works that have appeared on several public radio stations.
Mason is the founding editor of This Land Press
, a publication based in Tulsa, Oklahoma
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer, author, editor, and journalist.
Literary work
Mason's first book of non-fiction, Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath, chronicles the years he spent as a brain-injuryTraumatic brain injury
Traumatic brain injury , also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be classified based on severity, mechanism , or other features...
case manager and tells the stories of twelve individuals who survived brain injury.
While a contributing editor for Discover
Discover (magazine)
Discover is an American science magazine that publishes articles about science for a general audience. The monthly magazine was launched in October 1980 by Time Inc. It was sold to Family Media, the owners of Health, in 1987. Walt Disney Company bought the magazine when Family Media went out of...
magazine, Mason wrote the article, "Dead Men Walking", which triggered a national debate about the treatment of brain-injured veterans of the Iraq War. As an independent radio producer, Mason has created works that have appeared on several public radio stations.
Mason is the founding editor of This Land Press
This Land Press
This Land Press is Oklahoma's first New Media company based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded by Michael Mason, an Oklahoma-born author, journalist, and editor....
, a publication based in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
.
Books
- Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath (Farrar, Straus and GirouxFarrar, Straus and GirouxFarrar, Straus and Giroux is an American book publishing company, founded in 1946 by Roger W. Straus, Jr. and John C. Farrar. Known primarily as Farrar, Straus in its first decade of existence, the company was renamed several times, including Farrar, Straus and Young and Farrar, Straus and Cudahy...
, 2008)
Articles
- "Dead Men Walking", DiscoverDiscover (magazine)Discover is an American science magazine that publishes articles about science for a general audience. The monthly magazine was launched in October 1980 by Time Inc. It was sold to Family Media, the owners of Health, in 1987. Walt Disney Company bought the magazine when Family Media went out of...
(2007) - "Iraq's Medical Meltdown", Discover (2007)
- "The 9/11 Cover-Up", Discover (2007)
- "How to Teach Science to the Pope", Discover (2008)
- "Keeping Our Heads" (op-ed), The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
(2009) - "The Disappearance of Ford Beckman", The BelieverThe Believer (magazine)The Believer is a United States literary magazine that also covers other arts and general culture. Founded and designed in 2003 by the writer and publisher Dave Eggers, it is edited by Vendela Vida, Heidi Julavits and Ed Park...
(2009) - "Narrative Lost and Found," This Land PressThis Land PressThis Land Press is Oklahoma's first New Media company based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded by Michael Mason, an Oklahoma-born author, journalist, and editor....
(2010) - "The Future of Writing is in My Jacket", The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books, Soft Skull PressSoft Skull PressSoft Skull Press is an independent publisher founded by Sander Hicks in 1992, and run by Richard Eoin Nash from 2001 to 2009. In 2007, Nash sold Soft Skull to Counterpoint LLC, where it continues to function as a division of the press...
(2011)
Radio Production
- "Inside the Glore," (2009)
- "The Guardian of the Murder House," (2009)
- "Goodbye Tulsa" (weekly series)